Guided Tours to Knudeklint on Fur

UNESCO Ambassador – Guided Tours to Knudeklint

Selected dates in May and June – first time Tuesday 26 May at 5 p.m.
A total of 9 tours will be held at fixed times, reserved for citizens of Skive Municipality. There are 50 places on each tour. All tours are completely free and can be booked on a "first-come, first-served" basis via the website.
The fossils found in the moler on Mors and on Fur are so unique that they ought to be declared a World Heritage Site, and now that goal has moved a big step closer.

In 2016, a unanimous assembly of researchers decided that the well-preserved fish fossils in the unique moler on Fur and Mors are the most obvious basis for an application.
It has now been documented that the fish fossils at the Limfjord cliffs are not only some of the best preserved in the world. They also constitute the world's oldest, species-rich fish fauna following the last of the great mass extinctions on Earth – namely the one in which, among others, the dinosaurs became extinct.

They therefore demonstrate – on a global scale – a particularly important part of the evolutionary history of fish. At the same time, the moler cliffs on Fur, including in particular Knudeklint, are the only place in the world where you can see how the dramatic climate changes 56 million years ago affected the fish fauna.

It is no simple matter to be inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The UNESCO application from Skive and Morsø municipalities was the only Danish application submitted to the World Heritage Committee in 2025.

A dedicated UNESCO consultant was assigned to the application to ensure that the scientific foundation behind it was sound, and the Agency for Culture and Palaces has followed the work closely. Fur is already regarded as the Skive region's biggest attraction, with approximately 200,000 single-day visits per year. If that figure grows by 30 percent as a result of a UNESCO title, it will of course be noticeable. The municipalities' tasks will be to ensure sustainability, among other things by protecting the nature around the cliffs from wear and tear and by managing increased traffic to and from the cliffs and museums.

More international research

The two museums in the municipalities, Museum Salling and the Fossil and Moler Museum, are also enthusiastic about the prospect of a possible UNESCO title, which could pave the way for an international centre that can conduct research into the entirely unique moler, which is only visible on Fur and Mors, according to the assessment.

"Moler, and what it can tell us about climate change among other things, is a unique field of research because it is not found anywhere else in the world. We already have a high level of research. Our dream is to obtain funding for international research," says museum director Per Lunde Lauridsen from Museum Salling.

And the museum director continues: "We would like to give interested citizens the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of what UNESCO World Heritage actually is, and why the moler landscape on Fur and Mors is so unique in an international context. The hope is that participants will become ambassadors for the project and help spread the story of the World Heritage Site in local communities throughout Skive Municipality."
The Agency for Culture and Palaces forwarded the application to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which is expected to decide the matter in late summer 2026.

For further information, please contact:

Museum Director Per Lunde Lauridsen
E: pela@museumsalling.dk
T: 22545188